Herbivory and algal dynamics on the coral reef at Discovery Bay, Jamaica

By R. Aronson, W. Precht. 2000

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change

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In Ecology

1. Michael Lesser
2. Peter J. Mumby
3. J. Jompa
4. L. McCook
5. A. Szmant
6. M. Slattery
7. J. Bruno
8. R. Aronson

In Global and Planetary Change

1. Michael Lesser
2. Peter J. Mumby
3. J. Jompa
4. L. McCook
5. A. Szmant
6. Maria Byrne
7. J. Bruno
8. J. Porter

Citations in the corpus

• Parrotfish abundance and selective corallivory on a Belizean coral reef (2006, background): “…the Caribbean due to a variety of natural and anthropogenic forces, including commercial and artisinal overfishing, disease, and loss of habitat due to increased incidence of major storms (Munro, 1980; Hughes, 1994; Aronson and Precht, 2000; Hawkins and Roberts, 2004; Valentine and Heck, 2005).”
• Harmful algae on tropical coral reefs: Bottom-up eutrophication and top-down herbivory (2006, background): “…groups correlated closely with escalating herbivory (Steneck, 1989); and increased sea urchin populations under elevated nutrients (Lapointe et al., 1997) at Discovery Bay, Jamaica resulted in a dramatic frondose macroalgal to crustose coralline algal phase shift (Aronson and Precht, 2000).”
• Patterns of spread of coral disease in the Florida Keys (2001, background): “Causes for the increase in algae have been ascribed to the loss of herbivores (both grazing fish and urchins), that is by ‘top-down’ controls (Hughes et al., 1999; Aronson & Precht, 2000 ) versus an increase in available nutrients (both phosphorous and nitrogen) that is by ‘bottom-up’ controls (Lap”
• The 1998 bleaching event and its aftermath on a coral reef in Belize (2002, background): “The CTB category is an indicator of intense herbivory (Aronson and Precht 2000).”
• THE EXPANDING SCALE OF SPECIES TURNOVER EVENTS ON CORAL REEFS IN BELIZE (2002, background): “…the potential for herbivory has resulted in greatly increased cover and biomass of fleshy and filamentous macroalgae, especially forms that are unpalatable to herbivorous fishes (Knowlton 1992, Hughes 1994, Szmant 1997, Miller et al. 1999, Aronson and Precht 2000, 2001a, Williams and Polunin 2001).”
• Phase shift to algal dominated communities at mesophotic depths associated with lionfish (Pterois volitans) invasion on a Bahamian coral reef (2011, background): “Natural experiments (sensu Diamond 1986) can provide quantifiable insights into changes in community patterns through space and time (e.g., Aronson and Precht 2000); and these ‘‘ecological generalities’’ naturally lead to more rigorous process oriented studies (Hargrove and Pickering 1992;…”
• White-band disease and the changing face of Caribbean coral reefs (2001, background): “Coral cover on some Jamaican fore reefs is currently <5%, down from ≥50% before 1980, and macroalgal cover is generally >60% at this point (Aronson et al., 1994; Hughes, 1994; Aronson & Precht, 2001; but see Edmunds & Bruno, 1996; Aronson & Precht, 2000).”
• Contrasting effects of turf algae on corals: massive Porites spp. are unaffected by mixed-species turfs, but killed by the red alga Anotrichium tenue (2003, background): “Recent controversy over the relative importance of top-down (Hughes 1994, Hughes et al. 1999, Aronson & Precht 2000) versus bottom-up (Lapointe 1997, 1999) factors in controlling macroalgal blooms during reef degradation has focused on the processes that control algal abundance.”
• Phase shifts and stable states on coral reefs (2010, background): “…of the north coast of Jamaica have recovered patchily since the late 1990s, resulting in significant top–down changes to the benthic community in these areas of recovery (Woodley 1999, Aronson & Precht 2000, Edmunds & Carpenter 2001, Cho & Woodley 2002, Bechtel et al. 2006, Idjadi et al. 2010).”
• Diadema antillarum populations in Panama twenty years following mass mortality (2005, background): “However, after 1996 there was a local increase in shallow water, which was correlated with renewed coral recruitment (Aronson and Precht 2000; Edmunds and Carpenter 2001; Moses and Bonem 2001).”
• Biological indicators in the Caribbean coastal zone and their role in integrated coastal management (2003, background): “Dominance of reefs by fleshy benthic algae rather than by corals indicates either nutrient loading [33] or lack of grazing organisms [34].”
• A boom–bust phylum? Ecological and evolutionary consequences of density variations in echinoderms (2009, background): “Increased densities of D. antillarum were recorded from Jamaica, with some sites at densities close to pre-mortality levels (Aronson and Precht 2000, Edmunds and Carpenter 2001).”
• Experimental biology of coral reef ecosystems (2004, methodology): “Despite the shortfalls of a natural experiment, the Aronson and Precht (2000)results support the experimental work of Miller et al. (1999) and Jompa and McCook (2002) which both show that herbivory, or top-down control of macroalgae on coral reefs, has a greater impact than nutrients on the…”
• Nutrient enrichment on coral reefs: Is it a major cause of coral reef decline? (2002, background): “The devastating storm damage to branching reef corals prior to the Diadema die-off was a critical initial event in the degradation sequence, coupled with pre-existing overfishing of herbivorous fishes (Hughes 1994; Aronson and Precht 2000).”